ORCHIDACEjE 



labellum appears to have been deep purple in color when fresh. 

 The petals near the tip are greenish blue in dried specimens. 



Mindanao, Mount Apo, E. B. Copeland 1127, April, 1904. On limbs of 



mossy trees. 



38. Bulbophyllum halconense^?«6? in Phil. Journ. Sci. 2:334. 



MlNDORO. 



39. Bulbophyllum lancifolium Ames in Elmer's Leaflets of 

 Phil. Bot. 5:1583. 



Mindanao, Negros. 



40. Bulbophyllum lancilabium sp. nov. Aff. B. parvilabioSchltr. 

 et B. angustifolio Lindl. Rhizoma longe repens, pseudobulbis 

 arete adpressis, recumbentibus. Pseudobulbi in sicco nigrescen- 

 tes, 1 cm. longi, circiter 4 mm. in diametro, monophylli, approx- 

 imate Folium coriaceum, incrassatum, oblongi-ellipticum, usque 

 ad 3 cm. longum, circiter 1 cm. latum, acutum. Petiolus nullus. 

 Pedunculus a rhizomate ortus, uniflorus, quam pseudobulbus 

 brevior, cum capsula circiter 1 cm. longus. Flores 5 mm. longus. 

 Sepala lateralia triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, circiter 5 mm. 

 longa, carnosa. Sepalum dorsale oblongi-lanceolatum, acutum, 

 carnosum, rigidum. Petala quam sepala multo minora, elliptica, 

 1.25 mm. longa, uninervia, membranacea. Labellum lanceola- 

 tum, purpureum, carnosum, unguiculatum, obtusum, circiter 2 

 mm. longum, pane 1 mm. latum. Gynostemium breve, antice ad 

 apicem bicuspidatum. 



The material at hand is a fruiting specimen with the flowers 

 still in serviceable condition for analysis. The pseudobulbs are 

 closely adpressed to the rhizome, the apex pointing in the direc- 

 tion of growth. The old pseudobulbs from which the leaves have 

 fallen form a chain-like series, the summit of each overlapping 

 the base of the pseudobulb in front. The flowers are inconspicu- 



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